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Lorenz curves In a study conducted by a certain country’s Economic Development Board, it was found that the Lorenz curve for the distribution of income of college teachers was described by the function
and that of lawyers by the function
- a. Compute the coefficient of inequality for each Lorenz curve.
- b. Which profession has a more equitable income distribution?
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